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Falling energy shares weren’t enough to drag Canada’s main stock market into the red, as BlackBerry Ltd. and Bombardier Inc. provided some of the lift.

The Toronto Stock Exchange’s S&P/TSX composite index was up 8.59 points to 15,618.25.

“Overall, it’s a flat day for the TSX,” said Michael Currie, vice-president of TD Wealth Private Investment Advice. “But I think we’re seeing a bit of a reversal and a little bit of profit taking in some places.”

The information technology subsector was a top performer, anchored by a nearly 13 per cent increase for BlackBerry stock after it reported record software and services revenue on Thursday. Shares were up $1.47 to $13.00 at the close of markets.

A bright spot for industrials was Bombardier. Its share closed up 11 cents, or 5.24 per cent, to $2.21 — a reversal from the day before when they fell 7.49 per cent after investors weighed the prospect of a 220 per cent duty on U.S. sales of its flagship CSeries passenger jets and the European merger of its railway rivals Siemens and Alstom.

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